Software Development Engineer, Middle Mile Scheduling Technology

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

17d

About The Position

Do you want to be part of building the next-gen engineering system, global
transportation network, intelligent ML algorithms and deliver packages to your
doorstep? Are you up for this?

Amazon's Middle Mile Transportation Technology team is chartered with solving
complex problems with software that work across our vendors, warehouses and
carriers to optimize both time & cost of getting the packages delivered. Our
services already handle thousands of requests per second, make business choices
impacting billions of dollars a year, integrate with a network of small and
large carriers, owner operators and drivers worldwide, manage business rules for
millions of unique products, and improve ordering and delivery experience for
millions of online shoppers.

Our mission is to build the most efficient and optimal transportation solution
on the planet, using our technology and engineering muscle as our biggest
advantage. We aim to leverage latest technologies in big data, machine learning,
and optimization techniques, and operate high volume, low latency, and high
availability services. Oh, and we will need great mentors too (this is where you
come in … read on)

You’ll develop an intelligent system to calculate optimal schedules for freight
movements around the world. You will regularly interact with our customers,
science and engineering and business stakeholders across senior levels. You will
participate in the planning and execution of technology projects and operational
excellence initiatives. You’ll help junior engineers develop their skills, and
continue to raise the bar and build the future of Amazon.

To accomplish this, you will be expected to have an established background in
building highly scalable systems and applications, great communication skills,
and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment. You should be
somebody who enjoys working on complex software systems, is customer-centric,
and strives to build good software as well as making that software achieve its
operational goals. Experience with building and operating web-based applications
and/or web services-based applications, especially at massive scale, will be
very applicable and helpful.

Come and see for yourself why we are one of the most admired company in the US,
rated #1 in Innovation and # 1 in Customer Service, and be part of our tradition
of working hard, having fun and making history!

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

• develop an intelligent system to calculate optimal schedules for freight movements around the world
• interact with our customers, science and engineering and business stakeholders across senior levels
• participate in the planning and execution of technology projects and operational excellence initiatives
• help junior engineers develop their skills
• continue to raise the bar and build the future of Amazon

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level